In the backdrop of American military doctors giving medical care in the North, the National University Teachers’ Association (NUTA) queried today whether these foreign medical practitioners obtained ‘ethical clearance permission’ from the authorised bodies in Sri Lanka to collect blood …

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Wijeya Siriwardene -Kandy

Mr. Godwin Witane, (letter of 7th October) says that “Puran Appu (Franciscu Fernando) died a courageous death and that “he was the only leader of the Peoples’ Revolution in our history….’’ That he …

By Dr. T. Somasekaram

(Source: Sooriyan – March 21, 2004)
I was shocked, saddened and angered when I read the news item on 17 March 2004 in Sri Lanka Media, that a memorial is to be erected in Colombo for …

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By Kanthar Balanathan from Australia

The Northern Province population of 993,741, is 31.92% of the total population of 3,113,247 Tamils in the island. The remaining 68.08% of Tamils live outside the Northern Province.

The population composition …

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For the past few days I have been musing about the great Anagarika Dharmapala, whose 152nd birth anniversary falls on the 17th of next month.  Quite apart from the invaluable service Anagarika did with regard …

Score of internationally wanted Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists are living in Canada as Canadian citizen.

The CTV Toronto reported that the case raises questions about the weight of Interpol notices as well as how the Canadian government deals with people …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando

The US has refrained from making its position clear on Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wignewaran’s request that the visiting American medical personnel examine the rehabilitated LTTE cadres to find out whether …

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By Malinda Seneviratne

Small nations typically do not have much by way of bargaining power vis-à-vis powerful nations; ‘small’ meaning economically and militarily weak rather than land size. Weak, however, does not mean helpless. Indeed there are very few if …

The Joint Opposition, JO  has written to Speaker of the parliament, Mr. Karu Jayasooriya  on the matter of Office of Missing Person, OMP  Bill’s inconsistency with constitution  and standing orders. The very controversial Bill, widely drafted to frame the War …